Lessons from Low BAC Rate States

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Lessons from Low BAC Rate States

• Georgia

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NHTSA first 13-2002
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Georgia

• 10th Most populous state
• One of the fastest growing in the country
• 8,829,383 residents within 57, 906 square miles
  of land
• Compared to Alaska
• 13 times the population
• One-tenth of the square miles of land
• Heck of a lot warmer

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Georgia

• Atlanta is the capitol
• Half of the population is within the 10 counties
  surrounding capitol
• 159 Counties
• 529 municipalities
• 800 registered local government authorities
• Second only to Texas with number of counties

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Georgia

• Cultural Diversity
• 65.1 white
• 28.7 African-American
• 5.3 Hispanic
• 2.1 Asian

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Enforcement Strategy

• Step 1 Identify the High-Risk Counties (32)
• Step 2 Introductory Meetings
• Step 3. The Training Plan
• Step 4. The Enforcement Strategy
• Step 5. The Earned Media Plan
• Step 6. Paid Media
• Step 7. Law Enforcement Reporting
• Step 8. Partnerships with surrounding 5 states

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Networks

• Established TEN in 1998
• 16 Networks
• 4 Law Enforcement Liaisons
• 16 Coordinators and 16 Assistant Coordinators
• Minimum of 160 meetings a year on GOHS Traffic
  Initiatives

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Randolph
Step 1 Identify the High-Risk Counties (32)
Georgia Sustained Evaluation Counties/ Sustained
Impaired Driving Enforcement Task Force
Towns
Rabun
Fannin
Catoosa
Dade
Union
Whitfield
White
Habersham
Gilmer
Walker
Murray
Lumpkin
Stephens
Gordon
Pickens
Chattooga
Franklin
Dawson
Banks
Hart
Hall
Floyd
Forsyth
Cherokee

• Bartow

Madison
Jackson
Elbert
Barrow
Clarke
Polk
Gwinnett
Oglethorpe
Cobb
Paulding
Lincoln
Oconee
Wilkes
Walton
DeKalb
Haralson
Douglas
Columbia
Greene
Rockdale
Taliaferro
Clayton
Newton
Carroll
Morgan
McDuffie
Fulton
Warren
Henry
Fayette
Richmond
Putnam
Coweta
Jasper
Hancock
Butts
Glascock
Heard
Spalding
Burke
Jefferson
Baldwin
Jones
Lamar
Pike
Meriwether
Monroe
Washington
Troup
Screven
Upson
Jenkins
Wilkinson
Johnson
Bibb
Emanuel
Crawford
Twiggs
Harris
Talbot
Laurens
Taylor
Peach
Effingham
Bulloch
Candler
Bleckley
Muscogee
Treutlen
Houston
Macon
Marion
Mont- gomery
Chattahoochee
Evans
Pulaski
Bryan
Schley
Chatham
Toombs
Wheeler
Dodge
Dooly
TattnallL
Stewart
Sumter
Webster
Wilcox
Telfair
Liberty
Crisp
Appling
Jeff Davis
Long
Quitman
Ben Hill
Terrell
Lee
Turner
Wayne
McIntosh
Bacon
Irwin
Coffee
Clay
Dougherty
Calhoun
Tift
Pierce
Worth
Glenn
Atkinson
Baker
Berrien
Early
Brantley
Ware
Mitchell
Colquitt
Cook
Miller
Lanier
Camden
Charlton
Clinch
Seminole
Thomas
Decatur
Brooks
Grady
Lowndes
Echols
Indicates 65 of Georgias Impaired Driving
Fatalities Average of 2001, 2002, 2003 Data
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Step 2 Introductory Meetings

• LES Director
• LES Coordinator
• 4-LELs
• 9 TEN Coordinators
• LE Agencies
• Prosecutors

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Step 3. The Training Plan

• GPSTC Trained all 16 TEN Coordinators as SFST
  Instructors
• TEN Coordinators Offered
• SFST
• Drugs and Impaired Driving
• DUI Investigations
• Both TSRP trained prosecutors and law enforcement

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Step 4. The Enforcement Strategy
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Step 4. The Enforcement Strategy
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Step 5. The Earned Media Plan
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Step 6. Paid Media
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Step 7. Law Enforcement Reporting
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Step 8. Partnerships

• Sobriety Check Points
• 10-Multi-state news conferences
• 6 of the 10 in the SES Counties

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Incentives
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What worked

• Training
• Incentives
• Networking

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Need to ask yourself, are youCommitted or
Dedicated
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Dedicated or Committed
Dedicated
Which are you?
Committed
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Contact
Tim Roberts troberts_at_gohs.ga.gov 404.473.0051